AI can’t replace journalism – it runs on it

When artificial intelligence first came to be in the commercialised form we recognise today, its promise was immediately apparent – as was its threat.

Industries and institutions began shifting at breakneck speed – ultimately, as we were told, for the benefit of society and consumers.

Not all change has been welcomed, of course. AI continues to threaten job losses on a cosmic scale. Yet, the hope remains that it will, at some point, follow in the footsteps of the great shifts that preceded it.